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3 Steps to Positive Confrontation

Posted on October 19, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

All great relationships require constructive conflict and confrontation to grow and thrive. Influential leaders orchestrate the culture in which people can be energized, engaged, and fully aware of their meaningful contributions to the enterprise. Much of the personal and organizational…

Tagged with: conflict, Confrontation, constructive, contributions, culture, deliberate, Growth, intentional, leaders, mental model, mind set, mission, positive, prosperity, purpose, relationships, resolution
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Leaders that Hinder Connection

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

You cannot make a connection with others if you are not connected to yourself. That simple truth gets lost in the daily flurry of activity in the workplace. Even the most conscientious leaders can be blind to habits that serve…

Tagged with: barriers, behaviour, blind spots, command-and-control, connection, cooperative attitudes, efficiency, integrated teamwork, knowledge workers, leaders, performance, production, productivity, self-awareness
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What Your People Want

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Catherine Osborne

Gone are the days when a paycheck, the employee of the month award, and the gold watch at retirement were sufficient motivators for people to perform at their best or to remain loyal and dedicated to the organization. Just as…

Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, brainstorming, collaboration, Communicating, Competition, connection, contributors, decision making, engagement, feedback, guidance, leaders, passions, passive producers, responsibility, Rewarding, self-awareness, Sharing, talents, team
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Why Great Leaders are Unforgettable – and Bad Leaders Too!

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Catherine Osborne

You have probably heard the saying, “A truly great leader is hard to find, difficult to part with, and impossible to forget.” The same adage holds for bad leaders too, at least the “impossible to forget” part. Did you ever…

Tagged with: behaviour, brain, EEM, emotion, employee engagement, experiential emotional memory, hippocampus, leaders, leadership, neurochemical, neuroscience, pattern recognition, performance, positive, positive behaviour, positive presence, relationships, rewire, thinking
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The Role of the Leader in Promoting Accountability

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Catherine Osborne

In creating an organization that is built for all outcomes, accountability is a visible practice. All team members are clear about their specific responsibilities. They are aware of the organization’s purpose, mission, vision, values, and how they fit into this…

Tagged with: accountability, behaviour, change, collaboration, employee engagement, fear, leaders, mission, negative energy, performance, positive emotional human energy, positive presence, responsibilities, success, team, transparency, Upper Brain, values, vision
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Great Leaders Don’t Learn From Crisis

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Catherine Osborne

Do you ever go to work and ask yourself, “How can I perform my very best today?” If you are asking that question, have you ever asked, “What do I need to do to perform to my full potential?” As…

Tagged with: behaviour, crisis, emotional intelligence, human response capacity, Improvement, initiative, leaders, lower brain, performance, potential, problem solve, self-assess, thinking, Upper Brain
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Emotions at work – A Simple Strategy

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Catherine Osborne

Emotionally aware leaders understand their own (and, by extension, their employees) emotional triggers. Emotional triggers are people, events, conditions, or experiences that arouse intense negative reactions. Incompetence, micromanagement, constantly missing or incomplete information, arrogant and superior attitude, lack of communication,…

Tagged with: emotional patterns, emotional reactions, Emotions, health, leaders, mental models, neurosciences, performance, relationships, Strategy, triggers
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What is Your Leader’s Trust Level?

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Catherine Osborne

Trust enables your team not only to perform its daily function but also to rise above conflicts and crises. In today’s fast-paced, complex, ambiguous environment of constant change, conflicts and crises abound within the organization. So in order to succeed,…

Tagged with: behaviour, culture, knowledge economy, leader, leaders, performance, positive presence, productivity, profitability, Trust
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An Energized Workplace: Step 1

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Catherine Osborne — No Comments ↓

The ultimate goal of human existence is to live a joyful and abundant life. Everyone strives for that existence – whether they know it or not. When we consider that we spend a great part of our waking hours at…

Tagged with: behavior, behaviour, energized workforce, leaders, leadership, mindset, negative energy, neur, neuroscience, positive, positive behaviour, positive emotion, positive energy, positive presence, positive thinking, rewire, well-being, wellbeing
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The New Age of Workplace Stress

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Catherine Osborne — No Comments ↓

The global workforce has changed employment patterns in all developed countries forever. Gone are the days of the industrial and technological revolution – where productivity and efficiency was almost totally dependent on process efficiencies of getting the job done. In…

Tagged with: ambiguity, bureaucracy, complexity, knowledge workers, leaders, leadership, positive presence, public sector, stress, workplace, workplace stress
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